Long COVID
Mild → somewhat betterIll 1 month before improving or writing
Laid up with long COVID, now somewhat better, smell, taste and brain fog largely back
- Condition
- Long COVID
- At worst
- Mild (working or studying, with limits)
- Ill before improving or writing
- 1 month
- Last post
- Jan 2021
In their words
- Condition: Long COVID
Been over the worst of covid for 2 weeks
In context ↗ - At worst: Mild
I've been back to work for two weeks after testing negative ... I'm feeling mostly fine
In context ↗ - Now: Somewhat better
I'm feeling mostly fine. However, I've been getting a lot of really weird aches and pains all over my body since my symptoms first began and they're not going away.
In context ↗ - Began after: COVID
tested positive on the 19th of December
- Says they never had: Breathlessness
I do not ever feel short of breath at all during regular activity
Read from 1 of their posts and comments; links to the one this page draws on
Summary
Horizon 49741 caught COVID in December 2020 and was laid up for a few weeks, suspecting muscle atrophy. Within about two weeks the worst had passed and, with smell, taste and brain fog largely back, they returned to work feeling mostly fine. They then strained their shoulder during a self-defence drill and, days later, their lower back while pacing on the phone, leaving spreading pain and weakness they feared was long COVID.
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What they tried
Also tried
Their words about each treatment
- ibuprofen · No change
it has never lessened in severity or completely gone away, even when I'm completely at rest and taking ibuprofen every 6 hours like clockwork
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Their path
What they say at each step doesn’t fit the worst point or outcome above on the severity scale, so the steps are listed as they describe them. Dates are when they posted.
| When | What happened |
|---|---|
| December 2020 | COVID-19 infection, laid up in bed for weekstested positive on the 19th of December, tested negative by the 31stIn context ↗ |
| early January 2021 | over the worst of COVID, back at work and feeling mostly fineI've been back to work for two weeks after testing negative ... I'm feeling mostly fineIn context ↗ |
| early January 2021 | shoulder seized with burning pain during a self-defence drillmoved my shoulder in an explosive motion and was INSTANTLY seized by a white hot burning painIn context ↗ |
| early January 2021 | lower back muscles seized while pacing on the phonethe muscles near my lumbar spine seized upIn context ↗ |
| 2021-01-11 | back pain spreading, planning a telemedicine appointmentit has continued to spread and get worseIn context ↗ |
Symptoms mentioned
Their words about their symptoms
- Pain & fibromyalgia
I've been getting a lot of really weird aches and pains all over my body since my symptoms first began and they're not going away
In context ↗ - Headaches & migraine
episodic stabbing headaches that pass just as soon as they come
In context ↗ - Muscle weakness
general muscle weakness
In context ↗ - Brain fog
the brain fog has pretty much gone away
In context ↗ - Loss of smell or taste
My sense of smell and taste has almost gotten back to the level it was before I got sick
In context ↗